legislation

10 Feb

Posted at 22:01h in energy lawyer, legislation, regulation, renewable energy, The GreeneHurlocker Blog

The Virginia Clean Economy Act (HB 1526) would replace Virginia’s voluntary renewable portfolio standard with a mandatory renewable content requirement for electricity sales that will scale up to require 100% of electricity sold in Virginia to come from renewable sources by 2050. A report by...

26 Mar

Posted at 14:08h in General Assembly, Harrisonburg, legislation, Recent GreeneHurlocker News, Virginia

On April 8, our Harrisonburg partner Jared Burden will join in sponsoring the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce and Shenandoah Valley Technology Council's Post Legislative Breakfast with legislators and business leaders discussing the laws, budget actions and plans made at the recent General Assembly session. The...

08 May

Posted at 17:15h in energy lawyer, Eric Hurlocker, General Assembly, legislation, renewable energy, solar energy lawyer, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, Virginia

GreeneHurlocker attorney Eric Hurlocker was among the invited guests attending the clean energy bill signing ceremony at the Governor's mansion this morning. Governor McAuliffe signed eleven pieces of legislation passed by the 2017 General Assembly that will help promote further development of renewable energy in Virginia. The...

13 Mar

Posted at 18:10h in legislation, renewable energy, retail energy market, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility rate lawyer, utility regulation lawyer, Virginia

The Regular Session of the 2017 Virginia General Assembly wrapped up on Saturday, February 25. While the approval of an amendment to Virginia’s biennial budget received the most attention, the session also resulted in some notable bills affecting the energy industry. In particular, the General...

23 Jan

Posted at 16:04h in clean energy, energy lawyer, Eric Hurlocker, General Assembly, legislation, Recent GreeneHurlocker News, solar energy lawyer

We're big on advocating the expansion of development and use of renewable energy sources in Virginia and, as members of the Maryland-DC-Virginia Solar Energy Industry Association (MDV-SEIA), we show up on Clean Energy Lobby Day. CELD is an annual advocacy day which allows legislators and...

09 Jan

Posted at 19:05h in distributed power generation, energy lawyer, Eric Hurlocker, General Assembly, legislation, regulation, renewable energy, Solar energy, The GreeneHurlocker Blog

As the 2017 Regular Session of the Virginia General Assembly heats up, we are keeping a close eye on legislation that could support the development of additional solar energy in the Commonwealth. As  noted in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, there is significant regulatory uncertainty in Virginia...

26 Jul

Posted at 14:11h in commission, consumer protection, legislation, regulation, retail energy market, State Corporation Commission, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer

On July 1, 2016, a 2-1 majority of the SCC rejected a legal challenge to SB 1349, the so-called “electric rate freeze law,” which prevents the Commission from reducing the base rates of Dominion Virginia Power (“Dominion”) and Appalachian Power Company (“APCo”) until 2023 and...

10 Apr

Posted at 21:49h in Blair Powell, Eric Hurlocker, legislation, net metering, regulation, Retail Electric Competition, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility rate lawyer

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="205" class="zemanta-img"] The Massachusetts State-house in Boston, Massachusetts (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] This week, the Massachusetts legislature reached an end to the solar impasse that existed in the Commonwealth, when the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate struck a deal regarding the net...

12 Jan

Posted at 20:10h in General Assembly, legislation, public service commission, regulation, retail energy market, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility rate lawyer, utility regulation lawyer, Virginia

A group of industrial customers of Dominion Virginia Power (“Dominion”) has recently taken steps to challenge the constitutionality of Virginia’s Electric Utility Regulation Act (“Regulation Act”) at the Supreme Court of Virginia. At issue is a 2015 amendment to the Regulation Act, Senate Bill 1349,...